A Post survey of 110 stores found that 61 of them – or 55 percent – still carried the 5-cent peppermint balls that killed two children just two weeks ago, even as retailers say demand has plummeted.

And a startling 75 percent of the shops sold some type of candy described by doctors as deadly.

Reporters found 17 different products that could result in choking deaths, according to the assessment of two emergency-room pediatricians at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian.

Fourteen could easily lodge in the airway of a child under 5 whether they are supervised by an adult or not, the doctors determined, and three could be deadly if given to unsupervised children under 5.

Lawmakers were shocked by The Post’s findings and pledged action.

City Councilwoman Christine Quinn, saying she was “very, very troubled” by the survey, wants to hold hearings on deadly candy by the beginning of summer recess.

She said she will introduce a bill as soon as this week to ban dangerous treats.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said she will press the feds to look into what can be done about unsafe sweets, and state Sen. Dean Skelos, startled by the findings, said his bill seeking a state warning-label law is gaining momentum.

Only two of the 17 deadly sweets identified by The Post had caution labels.

The federal Food and Drug Administration does not require companies to include choking warnings on candy.

In 2002, the National Center for Injury Prevention Control reported that 157 children under the age of 18 died from choking – 74 of them from food.

In 2001, 17,537 children 14 or younger went to the emergency room for choking – 60 percent on food. Of the children under the age of 14 who choked on food, 65 percent gagged on hard candy.

Dr. Joan Bregstein, one of the doctors who analyzed the candy gathered by The Post, said she sees at least one choking case a day in her emergency room.

“Not many result in death,” she said. “But even one is too many.”

And choking hazards seem to be multiplying as candy and soda makers come up with inventive – even bizarre – ways to lure kids to dip into their allowance money.

Sangaria Ramune soda, made in Japan, comes in a seven-ounce bottle with a pinched neck. The narrow bottleneck cradles a half-inch glass marble that is supposed to stay put when the consumer tilts the bottle up for a drink.

But in one case, the marble dislodged and landed in a 12-year-old New Jersey boy’s throat. He was saved when his father performed the Heimlich maneuver.

The bottle does have a warning label.

Another harebrained product, the Candy ‘n’ Sports Mix, holds a mixture of candy and tiny toys in the same eight-inch baggie.

Kids who cannot read could easily mistake one of the toys – a 1½-inch-diameter mini-basketball – for an edible hard candy, which are also placed in the bag.

But parents and kids may be seeing the light. The now-infamous peppermint balls, which led to the choking deaths of Jocelys Santiago, 5, on May 10, and Ashley Morrison, 4, on May 12, are no longer a hot item, say retailers.

“I used to have to restock the peppermints twice a week,” said Naji Othmen, 22, who works at Heights Candy Store and Tobacco in Washington Heights. “Now I order maybe every two weeks.”

Mohammed Latif, the owner of Elegant Deli and Grocery in the Meatpacking District, said: “Since news about the deaths broke, sales of the candy have declined about 20 to 30 percent.”

Some bodega owners are taking matters into their own hands by refusing to sell to children, while others can’t be bothered.

A clerk at the Finest Gourmet Deli in Chelsea said: “If somebody wants it, we’ll sell it to him,” regardless of age.

Mohammed Abdul, 34, who works at the MD Deli and Grocery in Harlem, is being cautious. “I don’t sell [the mints] to kids,” he said. “I tell parents the kids can’t take them.”

At London Terrace Grocery in Chelsea, owner Munaf Indawala, 45, said he won’t give the mints to his kids – or any kid.

“We have a Catholic school around here. I get the kids in here every day, and they buy the small candy,” he said. “If they want to buy the mints, I say no. If I won’t give it to my kids, how can I give it to other kids?”

BEWARE – DEADLY

A Post survey of 110 bodegas, delis, and candy and dollar stores found 61 carried the same mint balls that two New York City kids fatally choked on in recent weeks.

About 75 percent of the surveyed stores carried some kind of dangerous candy.

Assessment: Deadly to children under 5, and older children if they are in motion.

Name: Better Candy Bubble Gum

Company: Bader Enterprises Inc.

Price: 5 cents

Diameter: .7 inch

Assessment: Gum is usually ruled out as a potential killer, but it’s deadly to children under 5 – especially if it’s hard and round.

Name: Lick’n Erasers

Company: Concord Confections

Price: 35 cents

Diameter: .5 of an inch

Assessment: Deadly to children under 5. Though they appear small and non-threatening, their size make it easier to swallow accidentally and lodge in the airway. Kids are urged to attach hem to real pencils.

Name: Sour Lemon Balls

Company: Key Food Distributors

Price: 99 cents

Diameter: .75 inch

Assessment: Deadly to children under 5 and to older children in motion.

Name: Super Big Bol

Company: R.L. Albert & Son Inc.

Price: 5 cents

Diameter: 1 inch

Assessment: Deadly to children under 5; anything hard and round is extremely easy to choke on.

Name: Geca Hard Candy

Company: Foreign maker

Price: 5 cents

Diameter: 1.25 inch

Assessment: Deadly to children under 5 – the candy’s hard exterior allows it to firmly lodge in an airway.

Name: Jordan Almonds

Company: All American Candy Corp.

Price: 99 cents

Diameter: 1 inch

Assessment: Elliptical shape makes them deadly to children under 5.

Name: Lemonhead

Company: Ferrara Pan Candy Co.

Price: 5 cents

Diameter: .5 inch

Assessment: Deadly to children under 5 –

Name: Matlow’s

Company: Swizzels Matlow ltd.

Price: 5 cents

Diameter: 1.25 inch

Assessment: Deadly to children under 5

Name: Ramune’ Japanese Soda

Company: Sangaria USA

Price: $1.29

Diameter: marble is .5 inchAssessment: A marble floats around in the neck of the bottle and is supposed to be safely contained there, but has been known to shake loose. If this happens, it would be deadly to all children.

Name: Gummy Eyeballs

Company: R.L. Albert & Sons Inc

Price: 40 cents

Diameter: 1.25 inchesAssessment: Deadly to children under 5, especially if eaten in one bite.

Name: Mini-Burger

Company: Morris National Inc.

Price: 60 cents

Diameter: 1 inch

Assessment: Deadly to children under 5 unless taken apart.

Name: Generic cherry lollipop

Price: 10 cents

Diameter: 3 inches

Assessment: Deadly to children under 5 because it can easily slide down the throat in one piece.